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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. PYM, 0F ESSEX, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

T0 UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A GOR- PORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

LASTING-MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. e, 191s.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. PYM, a subject of the King of England, residing at. Essex, in the county of Essex and Provlnce of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lasting-Machines, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in lasting machines and more particularly to power operated machines constructed and arranged automatically to form the shoe upper to one end of the last and to Wipe it down over the edge of the shoe sole.

The forming means usually employed consists of wipers arranged to be projected bodily over the bottom of the sole and Coincidently to be closed over the edge of the sole. This movement of the wipers brings them into engagement with the upstanding edges of the upper materials at the end of the last and in forming these materials to the end of the last and in wiping them down over the edge of the sole, there is substantial end und side thrust against the upper and last. Unless the last and upper are firmly clamped together and supported against displacement by the end and side thrust of the wipers and against the downward pressure of the closing wipers, the upper will be shifted on the last and the lasting operation spoiled.

A feature of the invention consists in cornbination with means for forming the upper materials to one end of the last, of means for supporting the last and upper in position to be acted upon by said forming means and against verticalor transverse displacement, a fixed support, and an abutment member adjustable on said support longitudinally of the last into engagement with the other end of the last to hold the last, against. lengthwise displacement. Additionally. this abutment member is arranged for angular adjustment to a position to engage the ends of lasts of ditierent swings.

Y For lasting the toe ends of shoes, the upper is firmly calmped approximately at the tip line and is supported in coperativc relation to the wipers, the last and upper bein supported against vertical and lateral displcement by the advancing and closing Wipers, and the end abutment engaging the heel end of the shoe preventing lengthwise displacement by the end thrust of the wipers. By these means, displacement of the tip line of the toe is prevented.

A further feature of the invention consists in combination with last and shoe supporting means and end lasting Wipers, of wiper carrying means for raising and lowering the wipers relatively to the last including means to permit the Wipers to yield in their downward movement toward the shoe sole, and means for so actuating said wiper carrying means. Upward movement of the wipers relatively to the last is utilized for forming the upper closely to the end of the last and for positioning the wipers in a plane to advance over the edge of the sole at which time pressure against the upper and sole substantially perpendicular-ly to the sole is effective to indraw and lay down the upper over the edge of the sole. This pressure should be relatively heavy in order to secure adequate compacting force but at the same time should be yielding in order to avoid displacement of the last and upper through excessive downward pressure and also to avoid damage to the upper materials or to the wipers. The described upward and downward movement of the wiper carrying means is preferably effected in timed relation to the closing movement of the wipers over the sole edge and preferably, also, by means operated independently of the means for closing the Wipers.

Machines for lasting the ends of shoes, particularly the toe ends, have been provided with means, such as gripper or pincer mechanisms, for automatically stretching the shoe upper during the lasting operation. 1t is at times desirable and necessary' to good results further to stretch the shoe upper beyond the point to which it has been stretched by the automatic operation and as part of the same lasting cycle. Accordingly, u further feature of the invention consists in combination with suitable lasting means for forming the upper materials to the end ot' the last. of automatic means for stretching the shoe upper during the lasting operation, und manually operable means for actuating the stretching means independently of the automatic operation. By these means the upper may be stretched suliiciently to suit the exigencies of each particular case. Additionally, and as a further feature, I have provided certain novel and advantageous gripping and stretching mechanism.

In lasting the ends of shoes, it is desirable that the wipers close over the edge of the sole a uniform distance. This is particularly advantageous in lasting the toe ends of welt shoes since the upper must be wiped into the angle between the lip and feather of the insole without injurious pressure against the lip. Obviously, too much closing movement at one or both sides of the last will break down the lip.

Accordingly, al feature of the invention consists in combination with suitable last and shoe supporting means and coperatin end lasting wipers mounted for bodily an swinging movement to embrace the end of the last and to close-over the end of the sole on the last, of means to close the wipers to conform to the contour of the last end preparatory to advancing the wipers over the edge of the sole, power mechanism operable uniformly to close the wipers over the edge of the sole, with means to lock thewipers, when conformed to the contour of the last end, against further closing movement independently of the power mechanism. The wipers are yieldingly closed into conformity to the last end contour, since the contour at opposite sides will vary, and compression of the closing means, unless locking means are provided, will tend to react further to close the wipers independently of the power mechanism, when the wipers are positioned in a plane to permit an advance over the edge of the sole.

In ower operated end lastino` mechanism, tter results can be securedE in many cases by repeating a portion or portions of the lasting operation, such, for example, as repeatin an upwipe of the end of the shoe thoroug ly to smooth and stretch the upper into close conformity to the side of the last, or repeatingr the closing of the wipers over the edge of the sole to secure a better indraw and compacting of the upper. To be of parctical value, these repetitions of operating steps should be accomplished without releasing the shoe and at the option or will of the operator, since the repetition will not alwaysbe found necessary. In other words, when accomplished, they are part of ine lasting cycle of the machine.

A feature of the invention consists in combination with means for forming a shoe upper te the end of its last and over the bottom of a sole on the last, of power o erated mechanism for actuating said orming means, andV manually controlled means for causing said mechanism to repeat a deter- ^----6b minatggportion v gf Vthe forming operation.

Preferably, the power operated mechanism includes, additionally, means automatically operative to arrest the operation of the machine at a determinate point or points in the lasting cycle, to enable the operator to determine whether a repetition of a preceding portion of the lasting operation is necessary.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention 'forward and reversing clutch mechanisms are em loyed, these mechanisms having retracting and latching connections with the automatic stop mechanism and b eing of novel and advantageous construction.

The upper is more closely conformed to the end, particularly the toe end, of lasts by causing relative vertical movement of the y last and wipers with the wipers closed against the end of the last below the bottom of the last. A feature of the invention consists in combination with end wipers and means to support a last with its shoe upper in coperative relation, of lmeans for simultaneously depressing theU last and raising the wipers to upwipe the upper over the end of the last.

The liftin wipers, in operating upon the toe ends of ists, must be arranged to yield bodily lengthwise because of the contour of the toe to avoid injury to the upper materials. The len thwise yielding movement will diminish t e forming pressure of the wipers against the toe and I have found that coincident downward movement of the last and upper will exert downward pressure against the wipers which will, at the least, compensate for an loss of if any, of conforming pressure due to lengthwise bodily yield of the Wipers and will provide adequate stretching and conforming pressure against the upper.

In upwiping the toe ends of lasts, the conforming and stretchin updraw on the upper materials by the wipers will tend to shift the upper on the last and to displace the tip line of the toe. As an additional feature of the invention, I have provided in combination with wipers arranged for vertical upwiping movement, means to clamp and support a last and upper in coperative relation to the wipers with the sole above the plane of the wipers, and means to move the wipers upwardly to upwipe the upper and coincidently to move the last downwardly to coperate in the upwiping movement and to increase the clamping pressure against the upper and last.

This result is accomplished in the illustrative embodiment by clamping the last and upper between a toe support and an op used clamping member, the toe support eing tensioned upwardly and yieldlng downwardly with the last, when the opposed clamping member is moved downwardly, the spring of the toe support being thereby further tensioned to increase the clamping pressure of the toe support against the upper at or adjacent to the tip line to prevent displacement of the tip line and the downward movement of the last providing additional upper conforming and stretching pressure between the wipers and last end.

These and other features including novel constructions of wiper head and last supporting jack are more fullyl described 1n' the following detailed speci cation and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section, substantially on the line III-III 0f Fig. 2 and showing the parts in a different position from that in which they are shown in Fig. l

Fig. 4 is a central vertical section substantially on the line IV-IV of Fig. 2 and showing the parts in a third position of the lasting operation;

Fig. 4a is a sectional detail view on the line IVa of Fig. 4;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view substantially on the line V-V of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view showing the pincers and their operating levers in plan view, partly broken away and partly ln'section;

Fig. 7 'is a similar detail view illustrating the manner in which the pincers are operated by hand, independently of their automatic operation;

Fig. 8 is a perspective View of a toe rest;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail view showing the pincers in front elevation with a shoe upper engaged thereby and illustrating the manner in which the upper may be manually stretched and spread, independently of the automatic operation of the machine;

Fig. 10 is a detail View showing a vertical section through a pincer adapted for use at the end of a last;

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of a side pincer;

Fig. 12 is a horizontal sectional view of the same on the line XII of Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fi 11 illustrating the operation of a han lever in closing the. pincer jaws to grip a shoe upper;

Fig. 14 is an enlarged detail view of a yieldable connection for actuating wipers to close the same, showing parts in section and locking means therefor;

Fig. 15 is a transverse sectional view of the same, substantially on the line XV of Fig. 14;

Fig. 1G is a. side elevation of stop and repeating mechanism;

Fig. 17 is a similar view of the same with parts broken away to further show the construction Fig. 18 is a transverse section through the parts of said mechanism which are located at the right hand side of thel machine;

Fig. 19 is a detail view similar to Figs. 14 and 15, with parts broken away to show the construction and showing the parts in the position in which they appear when actuated to reverse the operation of the inachine;

Fig. 20 is a sectional detail view of the portion of said mechanism which i-s located at the left hand side of the machine;

Fig. 21 is a detail of a rocker head for carrying the wipers and adjacent parts illustrating the operation of a yieldable connection between the tail thereof and its cam;

Fig. 22 is a transverse sectional view of the same substantially on the line XXII of Fig. 21;

Fig. 23 is a longitudinal sectional view through the rocker head showing means for securin a yielding forward bodily movement o the wipers;

Fig. 24 is a sectional detail view of a toe presser or insole control;

Fig. 25 is a bottom end view of a foot for said toe presser;

Figs. 26 to 35 inclusive are detail views of the several operating cams; and

Fig. 36 is a detail view of a stop wheel.

As shown in the drawings, 1 indicates a suitable supporting pedestal having a plate or table 2 upon which two like bearing brackets or frames 3 are secured, said frames being provided with hearings for a transverse drive shaft 4, a counter shaft 5 and a cam shaft 6. Mounted upon one end of the drive shaft to turn freely thereon is a belt pulley 7 having an internal clutch face adapted to be engaged by a cone clutch wheel 8 (Fig. 1S) mounted upon the drive shaft to slide longitudinally thereon and operatively connected thereto to turn therewith.

To slide the cone 8 into frictional contact with the driving pulley 7 so that motion will be transmitted from said pulley to the shaft, a lever 9 is mounted upon the shaft in contact with the end of the huh of the cone to turn freely thereon. the lever being extended rearwardly from the shaft, and on this lever is a pin 10 (see Figs. 16 to 19 inclusive) pro- ]eeting into a slot 11 in the end of a fixed bar 12 secured to the machine frame or other suitable support. said slot being inclined in the'direction of the length of the drive shaft so that upon a rotation of the lever. the pin will be carried down the slot and force the lever and cone along the shaft toward the pulley. A spring 13 connected to the lever 9 at one end is attached at its opposite end to the frame or other' fixed support and acts to normally hold the lever raised and the cone out of contact with the pulley. B v means of a rod 14 attached to the free end of the lever, said lever may be turned to throw the clutch into operation, said rod being connected to a treadle or other suitable operating means, (not shown).

Motion is transmitted from the driving shaft 4 to the cam shaft 6 by means of a pinion 15, Fig. 5 on the drive shaft in engagement with a large gear 16 on the counter shaft 5, and a pinion 17 on the counter shaft in engagement with a large gear 18 on the cam shaft. The cam shaft is thus given a slow rotary motion to actuate the several lasting devices. Secured upon one end of this shaft is a stop cam or wheel 19 adapted to stop the operation of the machine with its parts in certain pre-determined positions or at certain stages of the lasting operation, this wheel being provided with notches 20, 21 and 22 in its periphery adapted to be enaged by a roller 23 'mounted within the olked end of a lever 24 pivoted at its forward end to the machine frame (Fig. 16). This roller 23 turns upon a shaft or pin 25 secured in bearings in the fork and mounted to turn freely upon the outer ends of this pin are anti-friction rolls 26, one at each side of the lever (Fig. 18). The roller 26 at the outer side of the lever is engaged by a bar 27 which extends thereover and is pivoted at its forward end to the machine frame, turning upon the same pivot as the lever 24, and at its rear end, this bar is turned downwardly and pivotally connected to the lever 9 to be swung downwardly thereby when the lever is actuated to throw in the friction clutch. The bar 27 thus operates to depress the forked lever 24 against the action of a coiled spring 28 connected to the frame and lever and exerting power to normally hold the lever raised with its stop roll 23 in contact with' the stop wheel 19, and release the wheel simultaneously with the operation of the clutch to set the machine in motion.

A swinging of the lever 9 by a pull on the rod 14 thus sets the machine in motion and as the roll 23 is then riding upon the periphery of the wheel 19, the machine will not be stopped thereby until said roll drops into the next notch or the clutch is released, and to obviate the necessity of the operator holding the clutch in, as by keeping his foot on the treadle which operates the rod 14, a latch member 29 is pivoted at 30 to the bar 27 and has a hooked lower end to engage beneath the projecting outer end of the pin 25 on which the roll 23A is mounted. This latch serves to lock said bar and the lever 24:l

together and prevents the upward turning of the lever 9 and the release of the clutch until the roll 23 drops into a notch in the wheel and permits the upward swinging of the lever and bar, simultaneously stopping the machine.

To swing the hooked end of the latch 29 into engagement with the pin 25 when the bar 27 is swung downwardly by the lever 9 and to swing it out of engagement therewith when the bar is permitted to rise by the entrance of the stop roll into a notch of the sto wheel, said latch is provided with a latera ly and downwardly extending tail piece or arm 31 provided wlth a longitudinal slot through which a. fixed pin 32 on the machine frame extends. As the pin 32 is out of the vertical plane of the axis of the pivot 30 when the bar 27 is lowered, the latch will be turned upon said pivot to bring "its hook beneath the pin 25V and the upward movement of the bar, when roll 2,3 enters one of the notches 20-21-22, will cause a reverse movement of the latch to disconnect the bar from the lever. When the lever 9 is actuated, the machine is therefore set in motion and will continue to operate until the stop roll drops into a notch of the stop wheel, when the operation will be automatically stopped, the machine being thus automatical y stopped in three di-erent positions during the lasting operation, by the notches 20, 21 and 22. If found desirable the operator may cause the machine to o erate continuously by simply holding t e lever 9 turned downwardly.

It has been found to be desirable to repeat portionsofthe lasting operation and for this purpose means has been provided for reversing the motion at the end of any period of operation or when the machine is automatically stopped. The reversing means comprises a reversing clutch consisting' of a pulley 33 (Figs. 2, 5, 19 and 20) similar to the pulley 7 driven in a direction opposite thereto and mounted loosely upon the opposite or left hand end ofthe drive shaft, a cone member 34 keyed to the drive shaft 4, and a lever 35 for moving the cone into contact with the pulley, said lever being provided with a pin 10 engaging a slot 11 in a bar 12 which are constructed and arranged to operate the same as the like indicated parts previously described. A rock shaft 36 (Fig. 19) is mounted in suitable bearings on the table 2, extending across the machine and on the left hand end of this shaft is an arm 37 connected to the outer end of the lever 35 by a link 38. Upon the opposite or right hand end of the shaft 36 is secured an arm 39 over-riding the roll 26 on the inner end of the pin 25 and pivotally attached to the end of this arm is a latch member which is a duplicate of the member 29 on the bar 27 and is arranged to engage the inner end of the pin 25 and t0 be operated by the pin 32 passing through the slot in its tail piece. A crank arm 40 is secured to the rock shaft 36 near its left hand` end for turning said shaft against the action of a coiled spring 41 (see Fig.

20) attached to the arm 37 or other conven-.

ient part, and a rod 42 is pivotally attached 

